swap_horiz Confused Flour Beetle Alternatives

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Ironclad Beetle

The Ironclad Beetle, *Zopherus nodulosus*, is a darkling beetle native to the southwestern United States. It possesses t...

Desert Darkling Southwest Us Zopheridae

9.4 Excellent

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Dung Beetle

The dung beetle is a cosmopolitan beetle belonging to the Scarabaeinae family. These insects are notable for their cruci...

Cosmopolitan Scarab Scarabaeinae Dung Rolling

8.9 Great

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Fog-basking Beetle

The Fog-basking Beetle, *Stenocara gracilipes*, is a Namib Desert beetle notable for its unique adaptation. It collects...

Unusual Darkling Tenebrionidae Namib Desert

8.8 Great

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Death-feigning Beetle

Asbolus verrucosus is a darkling beetle native to the southwest United States. This tenebrionidae species exhibits thana...

Desert Darkling Tenebrionidae Thanatosis

8.8 Great

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European Cockchafer

The European cockchafer is a scarab beetle associated with the genus Melolontha and the subfamily Melolonthinae. Its lar...

European Pest Scarab Melolonthinae

6.8 Fair

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Mealworm Beetle

Tenebrio molitor is a darkling beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. Its larval stage is commonly called the yellow mealwo...

Cosmopolitan Stored Grain Darkling Tenebrionidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Australian Spider Beetle

The Australian Spider Beetle (Ptinus tectus) is a small beetle native to Australasia and a member of the family Ptinidae...

Cosmopolitan Invasive Stored Product Anobiid

5.4 Mediocre

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Mexican Bean Beetle

Epilachna varivestis, commonly called the Mexican bean beetle, is a herbivorous ladybird beetle in the family Coccinelli...

North American Pest Legume Ladybird

4.9 Poor

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Squash Beetle

Squash beetle is the common name for Epilachna borealis, a North American ladybird beetle in the family Coccinellidae. U...

North American Pest Ladybird Coccinellidae

4.8 Poor

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Red Flour Beetle

Tribolium castaneum, the red flour beetle, is a small beetle in the darkling beetle family Tenebrionidae and a widesprea...

Cosmopolitan Pest Stored Grain Darkling

4.5 Poor

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Drugstore Beetle

The drugstore beetle, Stegobium paniceum, is a small brown beetle whose larvae infest stored products. It can develop in...

Cosmopolitan Pest Stored Product Anobiid

4.4 Poor

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Cigarette Beetle

The cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne) is a small, reddish-brown stored-product beetle in the family Ptinidae. It...

Tobacco Pest Stored Product Anobiid

4.3 Poor

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Cowpea Weevil

[Callosobruchus maculatus](https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1338), known as the cowpea weevil or cowpea seed beetl...

Cosmopolitan Pest Weevil Bruchidae

4.2 Poor

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Bean Weevil

The bean weevil, usually identified as Acanthoscelides obtectus, is a bruchine seed beetle and a pest of common beans an...

Cosmopolitan Pest Weevil Bruchidae

4.2 Poor

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Larder Beetle

[Dermestes lardarius](https://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/en/grain-quality/manage/identify-an-insect/secondary-insect-pests/l...

Pest Dermestid Dermestidae Stored Product

4.2 Poor

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Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci, commonly called the varied carpet beetle, is a small dermestid beetle with a widespread, nearly worl...

Cosmopolitan Carpet Dermestid Dermestidae

4.2 Poor

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Warehouse Beetle

The warehouse beetle, Trogoderma variabile, is a dermestid beetle and a stored-product pest. Its larvae feed on grain, s...

Cosmopolitan Pest Dermestid Dermestidae

3.8 Poor

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Rice Weevil

The rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, is a small snout beetle that infests stored cereal grains in many parts of the world...

Grain Pest Stored Grain Curculionidae

1.3 Poor

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Maize Weevil

The maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais, is a snout beetle that attacks stored maize and other cereal grains. Adults are us...

Tropical Pest Stored Grain Curculionidae

1.2 Poor

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Grain Weevil

The grain weevil, Sitophilus granarius, is a flightless snout beetle that infests stored wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice,...

Cosmopolitan Pest Stored Grain Curculionidae

1.1 Poor